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Sylvia Kristel, star of the 1970s soft porn Emmanuelle movies, has died of cancer at the age of 60.

The Dutch-born actress died in her sleep last night after a ten-year battle with the disease, her agent said.

She had recently been released from hospital in Amsterdam after suffering a massive heart failure in July.

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Trailblazer: Sylvia Kristel, star of the soft porn Emmanuelle movies and pictured here in March, has died of cancer at the age of 60

The last picture: Sylvia Kristel  pictured here in March during her fight with cancer, has died at the age of 60

 
 
Sylvia Kristel in 2011
Sylvia Kristel on the set of Goodbye, Emmanuelle in 1977
 

International star: The actress as she looked last year (left) and in Goodbye Emmanuelle in 1977 (right)

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